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21 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
What is it that you should value?

And people say, "Well, being Happy". They don't mean that.
If you decompose what people mean when they say they want to be happy, what it turns out people mean is they don't want to be miserable.
They're way more concerned with avoiding suffering than they are with pursuing enthusiastic, positive emotion.
The statement, "I want to be Happy", is not an accurate reflection of what it is that you want.

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